Now, 80 years to the week since the last V-2 launch of World War II, Germany again has a homegrown liquid-fueled rocket on the launch pad. This time, it's for a much different purpose.

In fact, British researchers had noted that the V-2 rocket was almost large enough to carry a man in a small capsule. Putting these two facts together, British researcher H.E. Ross realized that a ...

NASA The Bumper V-2 launches from Cape Canaveral in this July 24, 1950, photo. In the 75 years since this milestone, this ...

Many pictured worked to develop the V-2 Rocket at Peenemünde, Germany, before coming to the United States after World War II. While in the U.S. they worked on various rockets, ...

On June 14, 1949, a rhesus monkey named Albert II was launched into space aboard a V-2 rocket from White Sands, New Mexico. Prior to Albert II, animals including fruit flies, mice, and another ...